Extreme Eye Rescue By Isabella Pelle

the tango travelers .... Mini-

"La tua ombra cambia forma in viaggio,
si ingobbisce su una duna, si spezzetta nel sole dietro una grata, si frantuma sui sassi,
vibra dal finestrino di un treno, si irrigidisce, lunga, nel tedio di una pianura coperta di brina. Danza su un telo mosso dal vento, si impenna contro una roccia, dando, talvolta, al tuo profilo angoli bizzarri. Vedendo la tua ombra cambiare, ti accorgi che muovendoti non rimani mai uguale".

[Marco Aime, Sensi Travel ]

For travel in order to exist they need to absorb nourishment through the senses, touch, feel, smell, taste ...

Antique Curtain Streachers

little holiday in Madrid - by bp

Where to start if not from daring departure? Too risky to be considered fatal and non-traffic accidents, work is underway to get to Bergamo. A heart attack, being called to the speaker (name, surname, date of birth, VAT number, shoe size ...) ten minutes before departure.
Madrid? Beautiful, regal, green, tidy, clean and civil. It seems to be in a city of northern Europe with the addition of sun and warm atmosphere. Movida
continuously, day and night. But the working people of Madrid? I wonder. It would appear yes, because the standard of living and the average age of cars. Likely to have flexible schedules or different from each other, I do not know.
A service of metro 'impeccably punctual and very efficient streamlining of traffic on the surface.
The museums, the most famous in the world, are free on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings. I thought that we have a ways to go to become a civilized country ... City
alive intellectually. The libraries far outweigh the shops of mobile phones.
Shopping hours are somewhat arbitrary, but provide a service over the whole day, some even in the weekend. The prices of clothing, shoes, etc.. are considerably cheaper than ours. Evidently Spaniards have not been defrauded by a return to the old one with the issue. It 'true that we are to have primacy in Europe! The only drawback
the comida. Fast food galore. The restaurants are in most cases, with little alternative, pork, lamb, tripe, offal of any kind ... the antithesis of Mediterranean cuisine. But dinner in the oldest restaurant in the world how exciting!
Tapas, Madrid pride of the kitchen, are nothing more than taste (look more like leftovers) cold fish, meat, eggs, sausages, masked by sauces of various kinds, not at all inviting. Are served with aperitifs. The white wine is almost banned (and not worth it), the "stained" red, much better.
Guys, forget the chocolate cake!
Milongas? On my concise guide, suitable for long we had cited a milonga in a beautiful eighteenth century building in the heart of Madrid, within walking distance from our hotel, but only on Tuesdays. On other evenings, the restaurant where we were, it was used for other types of music.
And then, if I have to be honest, I had not even brought the shoes almost red ... Freud would say?
That's it! or almost ...

bp

Kates Playground And Raven

milonga Dossier: CSI

Disclaimer: These reviews are intended entirely personal and expressed in a more 'impartial as possible, were not designed to completely in any way affect the credibility 'of that activity' and you and 'the full compliance by the author towards it and their organizers.

Organization: Association Time Tango (tango group and Tanguar historic Verona and not very active in the area)

Location: Verona

Evening: alternate Saturday (except on special occasions)

How to get there:
motorway (Venice): exit at Verona Sud and take the right without entering the underpass and turn right into via F. Gioia, after 200 meters, the gate of No. 3 and you're there.
From Verona city ': Take avenue of Labour and once the traffic light turn left and Trunks go on to the second traffic light, which crosses Via F. Gioia, turn right and immediately left into the gate of No. 3 and you're there.

A look from the outside
Conveniently located (near the exit of Verona South), not 'so sure' easy to find for those who come first and above all for those who live outside Verona . In practice and 'a room in a famous sports complex (Italian Sports Centre), the dark, there is no indication on the main road, but parking (inside) is not' absolutely also a problem in the evening more 'hot'. Once you have placed the means, and 'can take a break prior to a bar located next to the room still inside the complex.

A look inside:
In his little milonga and 'fairly organized, accessed through a door, barring immediate, admission € 6 with pass mandatory CSI (6 € one-off) immediately after there is 'a space (narrow and dark) to change shoes and coat hangers, from here you can' enjoy a very impressive view of the milonga and ballet dancers. In practice
and 'a square with the side opposite to the entrance where is the area of musicalizador (perhaps too extensive, but not exploited properly in my opinion) and the bar (which closes too early), and there rendezvous when 'on duty Tiziano thanks to its liking.
For the rest, a typical milonga, around chairs, soft lighting (stage when they become by the end of the evening are suddenly switched to full power by destroying the retina of the last survivors ...), red color, very good atmosphere, hot .. . too hot, as in almost all the milongas, although it is a room completely devoid of various insulation, even in winter the temperature rises considerably, and you start sweating a lot already 'after a tanda, unfortunately, is not' easy to find a balance without an air conditioning system worthy of the name, and the old remedy of opening the windows at the end leads to evil currents of cold air that hovers in the room and that strike randomly on the sweaty torsos Tanguar ... In my view on the ceiling fan is not bad ... WOULD BE

As they dance:
"ouch ouch ouch" My friends would say Sassaroli in ... Solita sore on the outside 90% of the milongas in Buenos Aires, unfortunately, the CIS and not 'free, the level of dancers is not' certainly very high and here we could film the documentary " the rounds this unknown , "everyone goes where he pleases, and clashes are under ...
Now you could make a treaty on this issue is common to all milongas truly believe that the masters of tango in general largely neglect to teach this important aspect of "being on track" ... After
there are other related issues, such as space available, or the fact that the milongas city, within easy reach, most catalizzino 'beginners than usual (which are sacrosanct have the right to practice), and not least those who intend to tango like taking a step every 15 seconds, then add those who dance tango with contemporary steps from the stage even when the track is' very busy and this is the full picture.
To conclude then, il C.S.I. non e' esente da questo problema, ma non e' l'unica milonga a soffrirne.

Qualita' della musica:
Grazie alla fantastica e originalissima politica del cambiare musicalizador ogni sabato, bene o male le serate hanno sempre un sabor diverso, con ovvia conseguenza che sara' sempre impossibile avere un quorum di consensi e critiche, personalmente posso dire che comunque i musicalizador invitati sono sempre i piu' conosciuti e apprezzati su piazza (Felix Picherna, Antonio, SuperSabino, Silvio etc. etc.) e il livello della musica e' generalmente buono.

In conclusione:
Alla fine il mio personale voto complessivo alla milonga e': 7,5

Il C.S.I. e' una milonga da conoscere e frequentare.

' Max Marino '